Zhou He originally wanted to ask about the current situation of the Li family, but he knew that even if he knew, he couldn't do anything, so he finally remained silent and didn't ask anything.

Sending Li Tian home, Zhou He was a little dazed, sitting in the taxi, she didn't even know where she should go for a while. After the taxi driver asked twice in a row, she told Xu Yuanning where she had lived.

Last year, it went by very fast. Looking back now, she doesn't even know what she's done in the last year.

After Xu Yuanning left, she has never been here. There is still no change here, and even the security guards are still familiar.

She got out of the car on the side of the road, approached the neighborhood, and looked up at the floor where he used to live. It wasn't like she had come many times before, with warm light coming through the window.

The Xu family should not have sold their real estate yet.

Zhou He's heart ached, he looked up, and only retracted his gaze after a long time. Leave slowly.

She didn't go home, but somehow got to the house where she used to live when she was a child. Demolition was talked about many years ago, but it has been dragged out and is still in ruins.

The bluestone alleys of memory, and the old locust trees that smell far away when the season arrives, have disappeared. She slipped through the broken wire mesh that had been barricaded at the construction site and stood where the house had been.

She could even remember the sound of the piano next door in the afternoon or evening. She also never imagined that he would still remember her after so many years of her departure. Will be the first to call out her name.

In addition to socializing, Zhou He hadn't drunk for a long time, and he began to drink again. I bought a high number of liquor, ignored the surprised eyes of passers-by, and sat on the side of the road and drank it.

There was a dull pain in her heart, and the frustration of powerlessness surrounded her. Whether it is Xu Yuanning or her uncle Li Peiyuan, they are all good to her.

But she couldn't do anything. At the beginning, she watched him struggle with Shen Yue's relationship. She couldn't do anything but flee away. Later, he disappeared, and he must have spent a dark, lonely and desperate life alone, but in the same way, she could not do anything.

And now, she knew that what Li Peiyuan did was dangerous, but she also couldn't do anything, she couldn't help anything, so she could only watch as an outsider.

Zhou He took a big sip of wine, the hot liquid flowed from her throat into her stomach, and her stomach seemed to burn as if it was about to burn, but she sat as if she was unconscious.

I don't know how long she drank it, but a long figure stood in front of her before she raised her head.

Cheng Wei was dressed in a formal suit, and a car was parked on the road not far behind him. He didn't know how she was here.

Zhou He only glanced at it and stood up, stumbling to leave. Just stood up and didn't take a few steps, Cheng Wei reached out to help her, she didn't struggle, and obediently followed him into the car.

Sitting in the back seat, Zhou He didn't look at Cheng Wei, his head rested motionless on the car window, as if he was asleep.

Cheng Wei didn't look at her, opened the car window, took a cigarette and smoked it.

Zhou He was not drunk yet, and when the car stopped in the parking lot, she opened the car door and stumbled out of the car without waiting for Cheng Wei to help her.

Cheng Wei wanted to reach out to help her, but she didn't let her, so she walked to the elevator. The wine came up, and it was a hazy and dim piece in front of me.

The elevator stopped, and when she reached the door, she pulled out her keys. I tried to open the door, but the key didn't listen to me at all, and I couldn't put it in the lockhole.

In the end, it was Cheng Wei who took the key. She didn't refuse again this time, leaning against the door frame with her eyes closed. The door opened and went inside. When she entered the house, she subconsciously wanted to close the door, only to find that Cheng Wei had also come in.

His eyes were dark, and before she could react, he pressed her against the door. The smell of smoke on his body reached his nose, and his slightly cool lips fell on hers.

His kiss was domineering, tightly imprisoning her hands and holding her waist. Her lips and tongue nibbled nibbly, soaking up all her breath.

Zhou He was pressed tightly by him, and after the initial struggle had no effect, he simply stopped struggling, and let him kiss him like a piece of wood.

This seemed to anger Cheng Wei, and he used all means to make her hurt when his lips and tongue touched. Zhou He even felt the smell of blood in his mouth. But as if she didn't feel anything, she just let him kiss without moving.

Cheng Wei obviously wanted more than that, and her lips fell on her fair neck, sliding inch by inch.

Zhou He did not resist, looking at the ceiling with his eyes open in the dark. Cheng Wei didn't continue, and his movements stopped. The lights were turned on.

Zhou Hemu tied the buttons of the shirt one by one.

Cheng Wei's eyes were like a deep pool, he was still propped up on the door with one hand, looking at her with dark eyes, under the orange light, he asked in a dumb voice: "You like Xu Yuanning, right?"

Zhou He didn't answer his words, fastened the last button, looked up at him, and said, "Please leave, I'm going to rest." ”

Her tone was calm, without any waves.

Cheng Wei's fist on the door clenched, and slowly released it little by little. Hands were withdrawn.

Zhou He didn't look at him, and walked straight inside. All the way to the bathroom.

Cheng Wei stood at the door for a moment, lit a cigarette and went out. He didn't sleep that night, so he stood by the window and smoked until dawn. After dawn, I simply packed my luggage and drove away.

Since that night, Zhou He has never seen Cheng Xun again.

Li Peiyuan came back half a month later, Zhou He caught a cold on the night he drank, and he had a cold and was listless all the time. She didn't bother to go to the hospital either.

Li Peiyuan didn't call her immediately when he came back, but called her the next day, saying that he asked her to go to the old house for dinner at night.

Zhou He asked him about the theft, and those people returned in vain, and nothing was lost in the study.

Zhou He didn't know if he didn't tell himself or if he really didn't lose anything, but he didn't ask any further.

The night passed, and the aunt didn't even do it again. Li Peiyuan was the only one in the huge courtyard. probably guessed that she would come over at this time, and not long after she rang the doorbell, Li Peiyuan opened the door.

There are already four dishes and one soup in the restaurant, although they are all ordinary private dishes, but they look like they are full of color and flavor. I also opened a bottle of red wine and looked at it.

There's no one else here, and the food doesn't look like takeaway. Zhou He sat down at the dining table, and then asked, "Uncle, this is what you did?"

Li Peiyuan wiped his hands, sat down on the side, sighed, and said, "It's not difficult." I don't stay there often, so I asked Uncle Liu to come over to see the yard in the future, but my aunt has already resigned. Saying that, he put a bowl of soup in front of Zhou He and said, "Try it, it's only been boiled for less than two hours, and it may not taste good." ”

He made braised prawns in oil, and after speaking, he began to peel the shrimp for Zhou He.

Where can Zhou He let him do it, and hurriedly said that he would eat it and peel it. Li Peiyuan said casually: "Your hands are already dirty, don't get your hands dirty." I remember you used to like to eat shrimp. At that time, I never wanted to do it, and I didn't want to say I liked it, but I would eat it all up if I peeled it in your bowl. ”

When she was a child, she was a silent child, never saying what she wanted, nor saying nice things to please adults. Whenever she meets someone else's generous, lively and lovely girl, Li Ying hates iron and steel.

It's been so long, he remembers. Zhou He's heart was heavy, and he wanted to squeeze out a smile, but he couldn't.

Li Peiyuan did not continue on this topic, peeled a small bowl of shrimp, washed his hands and began to eat. He didn't seem to be hungry, he didn't have a meal, he ate only a few dishes, and then he slowly tasted the wine.

At the end of the meal, he got up and put away the dishes and chopsticks and sat down on the sofa. As if in deep thought, he held his forehead with his hand for a long time and did not move.

After a long time, he got up, drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, and said slowly: "Your eldest uncle and second uncle are both in politics, and I never thought that I would be in politics. After going abroad, I have no intention of developing in this area. ”

He poured himself another glass of wine, paused, and then said: "In the fifth year after I went abroad, there was a strange girl in the Chinese circle. Unlike most children who study abroad, she is very old-fashioned. The clothes on his body can be seen at a glance as stall goods. Moreover, her grades are not good. Even English is stumbling. Even basic communication is difficult. She is very silent and never takes the initiative to communicate with anyone. Her presence was extremely low and did not attract everyone's attention. It took more than half a year before anyone noticed her presence. ”

"That group of international students were very kind and welcoming, and after noticing her presence, the girls invited her to a party. She arrived, but was often silent. In a group of pampered girls, she knows a lot of things, sewing clothes and cooking, and daily chores, she is very neat. Even though she is silent, the girls are willing to associate with her. Gradually, she will be called when shopping. But the famous cosmetics brands in the girls' mouths, every time she said it, she was dumbfounded, and she knew at a glance that she hadn't heard of it. Such a family, coupled with her stumbling spoken language, doesn't look like she will study abroad. ”

Because of her taciturnity, no one asked. Everyone began to take the initiative to take turns to teach her the language of daily communication, and some girls found various reasons to send her cosmetics and clothes. On her birthday, everyone secretly held a birthday party. She laughed a lot and talked a lot at the birthday party. At the end of the banquet, I said goodbye to everyone. I thought it was a happy birthday, but I dropped my phone that day, and when I went back, I found her holding her head and crying in the corner. ”

Li Peiyuan's voice was slightly hoarse, and when he said that this person raised his wine glass and drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, he continued: "When I approached her, I found that she was full of wine, obviously drinking alone after we left. It was that night that I learned that she had been forcibly sent out of the country. Her family is in a remote mountainous area, because the family conditions are not good. After being reported by a reporter from a newspaper, he has been receiving funding from a big person. It was this funding that brought her into the abyss. ”

She was admitted to the heavy snow with excellent results, and her family was very happy. In order to shoot the big man's ass, the local ZF department specially arranged a thank you banquet when the big man went on a business trip. Let her thank you to the big man. At that time, she was indeed faithfully grateful to the people who taught her. In the midst of everyone's words and words, she, who had never drunk before, raised her glass and toasted to the big man. After a few glasses of wine, she was seated next to the big man. ”

I don't know if it was intentional or unintentional, but the big man began to do something to her with the help of alcohol. Everyone saw it, but no one stopped it, as if they didn't see it. She got up and went to the bathroom, intending to leave secretly. But she couldn't leave, and in the bathroom, the big man forced the girl to her. Her heart was like ashes, crying and looking for death, the big man was probably afraid that this matter would come out, so he gave her a sum of money to shut her mouth and forcibly sent her out of the country. It was also at that time that I learned that she had depression and had come abroad several times to seek death. But they didn't die by mistake. Since then, I have taken her to see a psychiatrist. Her condition gradually improved and she became more cheerful. But a few months before I returned home, she suddenly committed suicide by slitting her wrists in the bathroom. This time, there was no way to save it. Later, I checked the visitor records of the apartment where she was staying and found out that the big man's son had been to her apartment the day before. ”

Li Peiyuan closed his eyes painfully when he said this, and held the red wine glass in his hand tightly, as if he was about to crush it.

He quickly sorted out his emotions and continued: "Later, when I went to Yucheng, I received several anonymous reports about that big man. When I started the investigation, I found out that there was another conspiracy in the case of Cheng Wei's father. ”

When he touched these things, Li Ruifeng did not agree. He chose to protect himself. He found out later that something happened while he was on official duty. It is useless to protect one's self, but anyone who knows what happened is going to kill him. He didn't do it for so many years, just because his power was not strong enough.

Li Peiyuan's voice was hoarse, and after he finished speaking, he looked up at Zhou He and said, "Ahe, Cheng Wei has already talked to Meng Shan, and she will transfer you back to Yucheng from next month." This is our common decision. I hope you can go back. ”

This matter is very involved, and the one who dares to go into the old mansion in broad daylight to look for something. There's nothing you can't do. Kyoto has become a dangerous place.

He hadn't intended to tell her this, but he knew that not telling her would only make her more worried.

Zhou He nodded, was silent for a moment, looked up at Li Peiyuan, and asked, "What can I help with?"

Li Peiyuan sorted out his emotions and said, "There is nothing that needs to be done for the time being. You go back to work in Yucheng, I will tell you if you need it. ”

The topics were heavy, and neither of them spoke for the rest of the day.

Li Peiyuan later drank several glasses of wine and asked Zhou He to rest here, while he took out a cigarette and lit it and smoked. It wasn't until late at night that I went back to my room.

As Li Peiyuan said, at the end of the month, Meng Shan really mentioned the matter of transferring her back to Yucheng. She flew back to Yucheng the next day. The yard was cleaned, and no one knew that she was back, it should have been cleaned by Cheng Wei.

From that night on, Zhou He never saw him again. It is also not known whether he was in Yucheng or Kyoto. She didn't ask either.

On the second day after returning to Yucheng, Lao Cao came to her, sent her some fruits and daily necessities, and greeted her for a while.

After returning to Yucheng, the work was much easier than in Kyoto, and Zhou He began to commute to work on time. There are almost no business trips. Her days were peaceful.

One weekend, she met Tan Ziran while shopping with Shu Hua. She was still hostile to her, did not greet her, and soon left with the child.

In mid-June, Zhou He met Cheng Wei downstairs in the company when he got off work one day. He'd show up downstairs in the company, knowing he'd be waiting for her without even thinking about it.

Zhou He's footsteps paused and walked over.

Cheng Wei didn't get out of the car, took out a delicate bag from the car, and said, "Your little uncle asked you to bring it." ”

He looked the same as before, as if nothing had happened.

Zhou He whispered thank you. Seeing his unnatural arm withdrawn, he was silent for a moment, but still asked, "Are you hurt?"

Cheng Wei's movements stiffened slightly, and then he said no. He raised his wrist to look at the time, and said, "It's still early, let's eat together?"

Zhou He hesitated for a moment, but nodded in the end, opened the car door and got into the car. She subconsciously looked at his unnatural arm and said, "There are still vegetables at home, go and eat at home." ”

Cheng Wei paused and said yes. Commanded the driver in front.

The twilight is four, and the courtyard is quiet. There are already dense small grapes on the grape trellis, and Cheng Wei has not been here for a long time, and he is slightly in a trance.

Zhou He poured him a cup of tea, asked him to sit down for a while, and soon went into the kitchen.

She cooked all the usual meals, and it didn't take long for the dishes to be brought to the table. When I went out to ask Cheng Wei for dinner, I found him standing in the yard smoking.

She called out to eat, he hummed, and then turned around.

His hand was indeed injured, and he was slightly stiff when holding the chopsticks. Zhou He got up and took him a spoonful, he didn't refuse, just said thank you.

After eating a meal, Zhou He cleaned up, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Do you want to change the medicine?"

Cheng Wei imperceptibly retracted his arm into his sleeve and said lightly: "It's okay, no need." ”

Zhou He ignored him, and quickly went to take out the medicine box. Stood next to him.

Cheng Wei didn't say a word, took off his coat, and exposed his bandaged arm.

The wound he was supposed to have been hit, and the wound was not deep, but only a large blur of flesh and blood. The doctor had already cleaned him, and Zhou He simply disinfected him and bandaged him again.

She knew that he wouldn't stay here any longer, so she was silent for a moment and said, "How long will you stay here?"

"I'll be back in a few days. Cheng Wei said.

Zhou He nodded and didn't speak again.

The two were silent, and Cheng Wei didn't mention it. Zhou He poured him a glass of water. Went to clean up the upstairs room and came out.

Cheng Wei didn't stay, and left after sitting at ten o'clock.

I don't know what he's doing here, Zhou He lay on the bed for a long time and couldn't sleep, and he didn't fall asleep in a daze until dawn.

On Friday, Zhou He went to Shu Hua's flower shop, and when he got off the bus, he was ready to bring a few cups of coffee. She went to the café next door. As soon as I entered, I saw Tan Ziran, who was wearing a cheongsam, chatting with a lady in the corner.

The one had his back to Zhou He, and he couldn't see his face. She didn't know what she said, Tan Ziran smiled happily.

Zhou He didn't care at first, and after asking the clerk to pack the coffee, he stood aside, and casually turned his head to look over there just in time to see the person turn around. It turned out to be Wan Qiwen beside Cheng Wei.

She obviously saw Zhou He as well, and quickly turned around to talk to Tan Ziran.

Zhou He was stunned, and he didn't know when Wan Qiwen and Tan Ziran met. She was walking her mind when the clerk told her that the coffee was packed. She came to her senses, paid the money, and walked out with her coffee.

Although she didn't know the circle of friends around Tan Ziran, she hated Cheng Wei. If he knew that Wan Qiwen was the person next to Cheng Wei, he would definitely not associate with her.

She has always regarded Cheng Wei as an enemy, how can she interact with the people around her?

This can only show that Wan Qiwen's dealings with her concealed her identity. She deliberately concealed her identity approach, which must have been purposeful.

Zhou Yiyi was in a trance on the road, and he didn't notice it when he walked past Shu Hua's shop. It was Shu Hua who called her and asked her where she had been, and she realized that she had walked by. Then she hurriedly fell back again.

Originally, I was going to come over for dinner, but in the end, I didn't eat it. After leaving Shu Hua's flower shop, he took out his mobile phone and looked at it for a while before dialing Cheng Wei's number.

Cheng Wei is still here, and he doesn't know what he's doing at this time. It was very quiet over there, and when he picked up the phone and fed him, Zhou He asked, "Are you free now?"

Cheng Wei on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment and asked, "What's the matter?"

Zhou He did not answer.

He was silent for a moment on the other end of the phone and said, "Something is going on now." You go to the hotel on Hehuan Street and wait for me first, I guess I won't be back until later. ”

Zhou Hecheng responded, hung up the phone and took a taxi.

Cheng Wei had already said hello, and someone took her upstairs when she passed. entered the room where Cheng Wei lived before. The room is no different from a few years ago, and the furnishings are still simple. He also doesn't have many personal belongings.

Cheng Wei did come back very late, close to eleven o'clock. Brought her something to eat. Let her sit down first, and go and change her clothes first.

He quickly came out, didn't ask Zhou He, poured her a glass of water, took out a cigarette and sat down on the sofa beside him.